Pl.ex.thal 80. CRUCIFER^. 422. Nasturtium. G79 



4. Nasltirlium ampliibium. Amphibious cress. 



Leaves oblong, lanceolate, pinnatifid, or serrate ; pe/a/i 

 longer than the calyx; root fibrous. 



Raphanus aquaticus q. Radicula sylvestris sen pnlustris Joh. Bauhini, 

 Rail Sijii. 301, 1. 



Sisymbrium ampliibium, Lin. S. P. 917. 

 Sisymbrium ampliibium /3, Hudson Fl. Angl. 296. 

 Sisymbrium aquaticum, Pollich 2,230. , 



Sisymbrium diversifolium, StoUes Dot. Mat. Med. 3,450. 

 Nasturtium ampliibium, R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 110. 



River-sides; annual; June to August. 

 Stem rooting, slightly branched; leaves simple, sometimes 

 downy; Jiowers yellow; siligtice very short. 



^. pinnatifidtLm. Leaves pinnately iobed. 



Raphanus aquaticus, Ger. eni. 240, 2. 

 Sisymbrium amphibium y, Lin. S. P. 917. 



VI. 423. SISYMBRIUM. Theophrastus. Bank-cress. 

 Siliquce nearly cylindrical or angular ; cotyledons incum- 

 bent, sometimes obliquely flat; calyx spreading, sometimes 

 rather upright. — F/oit'er yellow ; siliqucB xx^vi^t. 



1. Sisymhrhim officinale. Shop hank-cress. 

 Siliquce awlshape, downy, pressed close to the rachis ; 



leaves runcinate, hairy ; stem hispid. 



Eruca (spuria) hirsuta, siliqua caule adprcssa, Erysiinum dicta, Rail 

 Sijn. 298, 4. 



Erysimum Dioscorides Lobelio, Ger. em. 254, 1. 

 Erysimum officinale, Lin. S. P. 922. 

 Sisymbrium officinale, R. Brown in Hort. Kew. 111. 

 Hedge mustard. Scrambling rocket. 



Walls and hedges, also cultivated ; annual; June, July. 



Herb hairy ; stem 2 feet high, branches spreading ; petals 

 lemon-yellow. Used as a potherb, is warm and acrid; 

 juice of great use in hoarseness, and ulcers of the throat, 

 made into a syrup, and slowly swallowed. 



2. Sisymbrium latifolium. Broad-leaved bank-cress. 

 •* Leaves runcinate, toothed, bald; stem smooth; siliqu(B 

 upright, spread. 



Erysimum latifolium Neapolitanum, Raii Syn. 298,2. 



Sisymbrium Irio, Lin. S. P. 921. 



Irio laivis Apulus, erucee folio, Column. Ecphr. 264. 



Walls and ruins ; annual ; July and August. 



Herb always quite bald, acrid ; stem upright, 2 feet high, 

 branched at top ; leaves pointed ; petals yellow ; siliqu(S very 

 long. 



